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     Harry Robert Denne was born in 1850 at Hackney, London, England, (registered Bethnal Green.) He was (an unknown value) in 1871.¹ He appeared in the 1871 census Living; a photographer aged 20 living with his parents; no marriage record - believed to have been a batchelor; no obvious 1881,1891 or 1901 census entry. He died on 24 March 1921 at 28 Park Road, Ilford, Essex, England, (registered in Romford) at age 70, leaving £11844.18.10 with probate granted on 3 May 1921 to Albert Oscar Tallboy, manufacture.

     Henry Haberezer Denne Henry Hadarezer, followed his uncle Anthony Smith Denne and emigrated to Tasmania, marrying Mary Ann Penn Gresley at St Mark’s Chapel, Kangaroo Point, on 23 April 1855; he was variously a mariner (1855), a schoolmaster at Barnes Bay on Bruny (1869) and a police clerk (from 1876); in 1867/8 he was secretary of the Rifle Club at Green Ponds at Kempton; he died of heart disease on 20 August 1880 at age 53; he and Mary (whose family was known as “the Penn Dennes”, to distinguish them from Anthony’s family) had five children, descendants of some of whom live in Tasmania and Australia today. He was born in 1827 at Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. He was baptized on 13 November 1827 at Weslyan Ebenezer Chapel, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. He was Mariner in 1855 at Tasmania, Australia. He was Schoolmaster at in 1869 at Barnes Bay, Bruny Island, Tasmania, Australia. He was Police clerk in 1876. He died on 20 August 1880 at Kempton, Tasmania, Australia, heart Disease.

     Henry Thomas Denne lived at 'Woodlands', Kelly’s Point, Bruny Island, Tasmania, Australia. He they had eight children, of whom seven survived (all girls); he lived at Woodlands, ran the Dennes Point Post Office on Bruny, and was a keen cricketer and yachtsman - he had a yacht, Volant, built at Dennes Pointin 1890 (believed to have been funded by the successful claim in the chancery suit - ), that he used to sail with all his daughters, and race from Hobart with his daughter Edna (Ted) at the helm; he died 26 October 1926 at Launceston, having moved there to live with a daughter following the death of his wife
Sailed the VOLANT in many regattas. Died in Launceston whilst living at his
daughter's residence at CORMISTON. He was the last of the Dennes to farm
Woodlands, at Dennes Pt. He was ploughing and cultivating with bullocks there in 1912. He was ran the Dennes Point Post Office on Bruny Island at Bruny Island, Tasmania, Australia. He was born on 14 August 1846 at Bruny Island, Van Diemen's Land, Australia. He married Caroline Ida Yeoland on 6 January 1876 at Long Bay, Tasmania, Australia. Henry Thomas Denne died on 26 October 1926 at Tasmania, Australia, at age 80.

     Her married name was Thomson. Hilda Caroline Denne was born on 18 April 1879 at Tasmania, Australia. She died circa 1915 at Tasmania, Australia.

     Ida May Denne was born in 1879 at Tasmania, Australia. She died on 25 November 1885 at Tasmania, Australia.

     Jane Denne (an unknown value.) She was baptized on 22 May 1829.

     Jane Elizabeth Denne It is not known whether they had children. Her married name was Hatfield. She was born in 1816. She was baptized on 23 October 1816. She died on 2 August 1867.

     John Denne was baptized on 17 October 1788 at Chilham, Kent, England. He was born on 17 October 1788 at Chilham, Kent, England. He married Lucy Sarah Sharp on 26 May 1810 at St Magnus the Martyr, London, England. John Denne was Clock- and watchmaker in 1820. He lived circa 1830 at 112 High Street, Cheltenham, Kent, England. He appeared in the 1861 census. In the1861 census he was described as “a retired water maker”. He was Retired water maker in 1861. He died in February 1862 at Croydon, Surrey, London, England, at age 73. He was buried on 15 February 1862 at Croydon, Surrey, England.

     John Almed Denne was also known as John Alured Denne. He was born on 4 June 1888.

     John Rayner Denne He became a clock maker in Chilham, living with his parents and, after his father’s death in 1848, continuing to live with his mother (according to the 1851 and 1861 censuses), presumably until her death in 1862.

In February 1886, John “moved back to Canterbury” (something we know from a letter to his cousin Louisa in Australia that he had been considering doing since his daughter died in 1883) and was living at 12 Nunnery Fields, where he remained at least until October 1887; he is known to have lived previously at number 8 in that street, although it is not clear when. John died in Croydon Infirmary on 1 December 1891.
He was born in 1813. He was baptized on 21 April 1813 at Chilham Parish Church, Chilham, Kent, England. He was Clockmaker in 1841. He married Hannah Willis on 28 December 1863. John Rayner Denne appeared in the 1871 census at 91 Wheeler Street, Maidstone, Kent, England. With John’s occupation noted as “house owner”, aged 58, Hannah listed as 37, and the children as 6 years and 8 months respectively. William and Walter, by now aged 19 and 17, had presumably left home.¹ He appeared in the 1881 census living at The Park, Godmersham, Kent, England. With his son Edward (age 10), and “living on interest”. He lived in 1881 at Godmersham, Kent, England; In a house in The Park.¹ He lived in 1883 at 12 Nunnery Fields, Canterbury, Kent, England. He left a will on 19 May 1890 In his will dated 19 May 1890, John appointed Kate Amos as executrix and left all his estate to her; probate was granted on 11 December and the estate amounted to £75. He appeared in the 1891 census living at 16 Upper Drayton Place, Croydon, Surrey, England, as a aboarder at the home of Rhoda Wells, a widowed needlewoman aged 54; this suggests that, sometime after July 1888 when he wrote from Canterbury the last of four surviving letters to Louisa in Australia, John became too infirm to continue living on his own and moved to Croydon so as to be able to be cared for by Kate,who at the date of John’s death was living nearby at her and William’s 1890 address of 27 Tamworth Road, Croydon. He died on 1 December 1891 at Croydon Infirmary, Croydon, Surrey, England.

     John Thomas Denne died. He was born in September 1822. He was baptized on 23 September 1822 at St. Andrew's Parish, Fetter's Lane, Holborn, London, England.

     John Thomas Denne was Farmer. He lived at 'Woodlands', Kelly’s Point, Bruny Island, Tasmania, Australia. He was born on 5 July 1826 at Sorell, Van Diemen's Land, Australia. He was born on 2 July 1827 at Sorell, Van Diemen's Land, Australia. He was baptized on 15 January 1840. He married Mary Anne Bethune Hopwood on 9 September 1844 at St. Clement's Anglican Church, Kingston, Tasmania, Australia. John Thomas Denne was Ran Post Office at Woodlands at Kelly’s Point on Bruny Island between 1854 and 1900 at Bruny Island, Tasmania, Australia. He was buried circa 4 May 1906 at St. Clement's Anglican Church Cemetery, Kingston, Tasmania, Australia. He died on 4 May 1906 at 'Woodlands', Kelly’s Point, Bruny Island, Tasmania, Australia, at age 79.

     Laurie Ellison Denne was born in 1884.

     Louisa Jane Denne was School Teacher. Her married name was Milne. Her married name was Davis. She was born on 27 October 1845 at Bruny Island, Van Diemen's Land, Australia. She married Robert Milne, son of George Milne and Eliza Collicott, on 8 April 1873 at Chalmers Free Church Manse, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Louisa Jane Denne married James William Davis, son of Convict William Davis and Jane Murray, on 8 June 1882 at Browns River, Bruny Island, Tasmania, Australia. Louisa Jane Denne died on 17 June 1932 at Bruny Island, Tasmania, Australia, at age 86. She was buried on 18 June 1932 at Barnes Bay, Bruny Island, Tasmania, Australia.

     Her married name was Waterhouse. Louise Jane Denne was born in 1862 at Brixton, London, England. She lived in 1901 at 7 Lyme Grove, Altrincham, Cheshire, England.¹

     Lucy Mary Ann Denne (an unknown value.) She was born between 1818 and 1819 at Middlesex, England. She was Governess circa 1860 at Croydon, Surrey, England. She lived in 1861 at 4 Lansdowne Place, Croydon, Surrey, England.¹ She died on 13 July 1878 at Croydon Infirmary, Croydon, Surrey, England.

     Mark Charles Denne was born on 8 May 1830 at Kent, England, Probably in Luddenham (near Faversham). He married Elizabeth Lampard on 4 May 1867 at Aldgate, London, England. Mark Charles Denne lived in 1871 at Eastbourne, Sussex, England; 1 Roseland Terrace.¹ He was Sewing machine maker in 1871 at England.¹ He appeared in the 1871 census at 1 Roseland Terrace, Eastbourne, Sussex, England.¹ He was Clothier in 1876 at England. He lived in 1881 at Eastbourne, Sussex, England; 1 Church Road.¹ He appeared in the 1881 census at 1 Church Road, Eastbourne, Sussex, England. Occupation- Sewing machine maker.¹ He lived in 1891 at Eastbourne, Sussex, England; 1 Tower Road.¹ He appeared in the 1891 census at 1 Tower Road, Eastbourne, Sussex, England.¹